Nelle Harper Lee, author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
Last weekend, the world of Literature shook quite a bit as it lost two great writers on the literary scene. One of them was the acclaimed Umberto Eco, a victim of cancer and the second writer, in this case a writer, was Harper Lee, Author of Kill a Mockingbird.
In this case we wanted to do a little tribute to Harper Lee quoting or rather remembering 7 famous phrases from his work Kill a Mockingbird, a work that won a Pulitzer Prize and is considered the most important work of the writer, despite the fact that the last work, published last year, was also a true bestseller, surpassing 50 shades of gray.
Harper Lee Quotes
Things are not as bad as they seem.
I think there is only one class of people. People.
Until I was afraid I was going to lose, I never loved to read. Breath is not loved.
Atticus told me to remove the adjectives and I would have the facts.
Shoot all the magpies you want, you can hit them, but remember that it is a sin to kill a nightingale.
The only thing that does not adhere to majority rule is the conscience of the person.
People generally see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear.
Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960, a work that catapulted to success to writer Harper Lee. In this work she collects the stories that the author collects about her family, her neighbors, as well as an incident that occurred near her city.
El central theme of this novel is people, the people but controversial issues such as rape or racial inequality that still existed at the time are discussed. The play quickly won many awards and many teachers began to use the play as required reading for their students. So you observe the phrases you can see how bright they are, where a lot of content is expressed in a few words? Do not you think?